This paper describes the influence of grouped-hole nozzle geometry on the atomization characteristics of a biodiesel fuel. The effects of injection rate profile, spray evolution, droplet mean diameter, and mean velocity of the droplets are investigated in a high-pressure injection system.

    A grouped-hole nozzle with 16 holes driven by piezo stack was used in the experiments and the obtained results are compared with those obtained using a single-hole nozzle with the same overall nozzle area. The effect of using a split fuel injection strategy on the spray atomization was analysed using a grouped-hole nozzle with 12 holes. The time-based injection rate profiles for a biodiesel fuel, i.e. the mass flowrate of the fuel injector nozzle were obtained from the pressure variation generated when the fuel was injected into a tube filled with fuel. The spray and atomization performance for biodiesel fuel injected through a grouped-hole nozzle were visualized and measured by a visualization system and droplet analyser system, respectively.

    It was revealed that the biodiesel injection rate profile from a single-hole nozzle with the same overall nozzle area shows a similar injection rate profile to that of the grouped-hole nozzle. The injection rate profiles for a split injection strategy are lower than for a single injection and the peak value of the second injection is lower than for the first injection. The Sauter mean diameter distributions of biodiesel from the grouped-hole nozzle have a larger diameter because the small droplets injected through the grouped-hole nozzle collide and coalesce with each other, which leads to an increase in droplet diameter. From these results, it can be concluded that the use of a grouped-hole nozzle and split injection strategy does not improve on the fuel atomization performance for biodiesel fuel for a single-hole nozzle.


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    Title :

    Effect of grouped-hole nozzle geometry on the improvement of biodiesel fuel atomization characteristics in a compression ignition engine


    Contributors:
    Suh, H K (author) / Park, S W (author) / Lee, C S (author)


    Publication date :

    2009-12-01


    Size :

    14 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English






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